Summary of Dissertation Recitals

Abstract

The first recital was a combination of four performances with the University of Michigan Symphony Band and Concert Band and one lecture presented to a graduate conducting seminar. Reflections on a Sixteenth-Century Tune by Richard Rodney Bennett was performed in Stamps Auditorium on November 2, 2011 with the Symphony Band Chamber Winds. Aria della battaglia by Andrea Gabrieli, arranged by Mark Scatterday, was performed on December 5, 2011 in Hill Auditorium with the Symphony Band. Carnevale: Eight Miniature Classics Introduced by Stravinsky in Pulcinella by Thomas Stone was performed on February 8, 2012 in Hill Auditorium by the Concert Band in. Konzertmusik, op. 41 by Paul Hindemith was performed on March 8, 2012 in Hill Auditorium by the Symphony Band. A lecture reviewing the repertoire from this recital was presented on September 20, 2012. The second recital was a combination of two performances with the Symphony Band and Concert Band and a lecture recital presented in Stamps Auditorium. Masquerade, op. 102 by Vincent Persichetti was performed with the Concert Band in Hill Auditorium on October 8, 2012. Sea-Blue Circuitry by Mason Bates was performed with the Symphony Band in Hill Auditorium on October 26, 2012. Two suites based on music from the eighteenth-century opera Una Cosa Rara by Vincente Martín y Soler were performed as part of a lecture recital on November 7, 2012 in Stamps Auditorium. The first of these suites was Johann Nepomuk Wendt’s transcription of the opera for harmonie ensemble. The second was comprised of music from Divertimenti nos. 1–6 based on themes from Una Cosa Rara by Martín y Soler. A lecture discussing each work preceded the performance. The third recital was performed on January 21, 2013 in the McIntosh Theatre with ad hoc ensembles of students from the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. The following repertoire was performed: Musick for the Royal Fireworks by Georg Friedrich Handel, “Lied der Waldtaube,” from Gurre- Lieder by Arnold Schoenberg, and Suite in B-flat, op. 4, by Richard Strauss. A lecture discussing each work preceded the performance.AMUMusic: ConductingUniversity of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studieshttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/147620/1/ptcornet_1.pd